18 Facts About Mark Kondratiuk

Mark Valeryevich Kondratiuk is a Russian figure skater.

Mark Kondratiuk is a 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2022 European champion, a two-time Challenger Series medalist and the 2022 Russian national champion.

Mark Kondratiuk placed sixteenth at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.

Mark Kondratiuk ranked third in the short program and finished first in the free skate, ahead of national champion Mikhail Kolyada.

Mark Kondratiuk subsequently expressed a hope to qualify for the second Russian men's berth at the 2021 World Championships by competing at the Russian Cup Final.

Mark Kondratiuk was initially scheduled to make his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the first of two JGP events held in Courchevel, France, in August 2021, but he, along with his Russian teammates, was forced to withdraw from the competition as Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine did not meet France's standards for adequate vaccination.

Mark Kondratiuk was successful in his endeavour, placing fifth in the short program and second in the free skate to win the bronze medal and take the third of seven available Olympic spots.

Mark Kondratiuk competed at a second Challenger event, taking the silver medal at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.

Mark Kondratiuk was then assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed eighth.

At the 2022 Russian Championships, Mark Kondratiuk placed second in the short program with a score of 97.77,0.26 behind segment leader Evgeni Semenenko.

Mark Kondratiuk was only third in the free skate but narrowly won the gold medal, 0.67 points ahead of silver medalist Mikhail Kolyada.

Mark Kondratiuk went on to win the free skate and take the gold medal.

Mark Kondratiuk deemed the result a "kind of miracle," as he had only been hoping for a placement in the top three.

Mark Kondratiuk began the Games as the Russian entry in the men's short program of the Olympic team event.

Mark Kondratiuk ranked in fifteenth place in the short program.

Mark Kondratiuk performed an error ridden free program, stepping out of his first triple axel attempt, popping the second to a single and falling on his quad triple combination.

Mark Kondratiuk ranked fourteenth in the free skate and remained fifteenth overall.

Mark Kondratiuk was originally planning on ending his competitive season at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships but due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian athletes were barred from international competition.